'Bigger is better'

Official Unisa Licesee for Registration & Administration Services 
About University of South Africa (UNISA)

Check this University's leading distance learning institution, one of the five mega correspondence university in the world. It is a reputable, comprehensive, flexible and accessible open distance learning institution.

Unisa's size as the largest university in South Africa, has over 310 000 students, including African and international students in 137 countries worldwide.

Unisa - A Brief History

• University of the Cape of Good Hope founded in 1873 - became University of South Africa in 1916
• University of South Africa became a Distance Education university in 1946, creating more than 62 years of experience with distance education
• One of the world's mega-universities

Diversity in Learners

• Approximately 3000 different courses
• Students distributed over South Africa and the rest of the world
• Average age - 30 yrs
• 23 different languages
• 80% students are part-time learners

Academic Structure

• 5 Colleges
  • College of Agriculture & Environmental Science
  • College of Economic & Management Sciences
  • College of Human Sciences
  • College of Law
  • College of Sciences, Engineering & Technology
• 76 Academic Departments
• Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)

Unisa International Students

More than 19 000 Unisa students are from outside South Africa

• Africa
• Europe
• Asia
• North America
• South America
• Australia
• New Zealand

ALGERIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BAHAMAS BURUNDI BAHRAIN BELGIUM BENIN BERMUDA BOSNIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAYMAN ISLANDS CHILE CHINA CONGO CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ECUADOR EGYPT ENGLAND (UK) ERITREA FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA LUXEMBURG MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALTA MAURITIUS MEXICO MONACO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PANAMA PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR RUSSIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SCOTLAND SENEGAL SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVENIA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN TANZANIA THAILAND TOGO TURKEY USA UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES VIETNAM WALES YUGOSLAVIA ZAIRE ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

Distance Learning Delivery Systems

• Print based materials
• Tutors
• Technology support
• Teleconferencing
• Videoconferencing
• OnLine Learning

Race and gender

• 58.5%  Female
• 41.5%  Male
• 64%     African
• 21.5%  White
• 8.7%    Indian
• 5.8%    Coloured

College enrolments